Sand-sprinkling machine.



No. 699,004. Patented Apr. .29, I902. 6. F. ONEIL.

SAND SPRINKLING MACHINE.

(Application filed Dec. 31, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES P TENT @rrrcni.

CORNELIUS F. ONEIL, OF PATTERSON, NEVV JERSEY.

S.AND-SPRINKLING .MACHlN-E.

SPECIFICATION forming part or Letters Patent No. 699,004, dated April29, 1902 Application filed December 31, 1901. Serial No. 87,946. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it nzay concern." Be it known that I, CORNELIUS F. ONEIL,

a citizen of the United States, residing in.

face of considerable area with sand, the op oration is at presentusually effected manually, which means a great waste of time and labor.

The'object of this invention, therefore, is to provide simple andeffective automatic means for sprinkling or throwing sand -on streets,roadways, and the like.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the mechanismthatit maybe readily ad justedto'and removed from any vehicle, butpreferably a street-sweeping machine.

My invention is fully illustratedin the accompanying drawings, whereincorresponding parts are designated by like reference characters, andwherein v Figure l is a top plan view of a streetsweeping machineprovided with my sanding mechanism. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevationof what is seen in Fig. 1, with the nearv wheelof the machine removedand certain parts shown in section and others broken away; and Fig. 3illustrates a detail of the invention.

In said drawings, a designates a streetsweeping machine from which thebrush thereof and the-brackets for said brush have been temporarilyremoved. The machine is provided, as usual, with a bevel-gear 5, carriedon the main axle c and adapted to be connected thereto for rotationtherewith by a clutch (1, controlled by a lever e. As usual, the machineis also provided with a countershaft f, suspended by brackets g from,the frame and carrying a beveled pinion g,which meshes with the gear I),said shaft f being the form a part shaft from which the brush 'when inuse gets its motion. I

On the frame of the machine rests a recep- 5 5 tacle or hopper h, thebottom wallsiof. which slope toward a common point, where is formed anopeningj; In this opening is fitted a funnel 1c, the passage throughwhich is controlled by a valve or damper Z, adapted to slide in aguiding projection m of said funnel. By a link-motion n the valve ordamper is connected with a lever 0 for operating it.

p designates a stirrup which is suspended from the frame and whichprovides a bearing for a beveled pinion g. This pinion is se cured tothe upper end of a box or chamber T, which has an opening at the bottomnormally closed by a plug or head 8, which is box. or chamber, which,with its nozzles, is

designed to serve as the distributing device, it may be removed bytaking out the plug 8. At the sametime since the inner end of the plugis conical in form it tends to cause the sand to fall toward theopenings u. and not collect in the'bottom of the chamber. The

gear q also carries a sleeve 10, which receives the lower or dischargeend of the funnel is.

In order to insure against the sand becoming clogged while passingthrough the funnel, cylinder, and chamber, Iextend through them a shaft00, which has its lower end squared, as at y, and projecting into asquared recess z in the plug 3, and on this shaft place blades orbreakers l. The upper endof this o shaft has bearings in the cross-piece2, carried by the hopper h. To prevent the shaft or interfering with thedamper Z, the-latter is formed with a slot 3, and in order that thisslot when the damper is closed may be covered the funnel is carries ablade 4:, designed to overlap the slot., By means of a shaft 5,

journaled in brackets 6 and connected with the counter-shaft f by asprocket-and-chain arrangement 7 and a beveled pinion" 8, oar- 10o riedby said shaft 5 and engaging the gear q, the box or chamber r, sleeve w,and shaft w and its breakers may be rotated. Since the sand will have atendency to clog in the openingj of the hopper, I prefer to partiallycover said opening with a tapered or pyramidshaped guard 9, mounted onsupports 10.

In order that the throwing range of the nozzles 1) may be variedaccording to the area of the surface which is being sanded, I providethe said nozzles with auxiliary nozzles or tips, which may be of varyinglengths, detachably secured to the nozzles 12, so as to be interchangedat will.

It will be unnecessary to describe the operation of the mechanism otherthan to say that the vehicle being in motion and the damper open thesand will pass from the hopper into the box or chamber, to be theredistributed by centrifugal action as the parts rotate.

The arrangement and construction of the parts of my sanding mechanismare such that with the minimum labor and inconvenience and the loss of apractically inconsiderable amount of time the brush of the machine andthe sanding mechanism may be interchanged the one for the other.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In combination, with a vehicle-frame, a hopper arranged on said frameand having a discharge-opening in the lower portion thereof, the lowerwalls of said hopper being inclined toward said opening, a rotaryreceptacle arranged under said opening, a stationary funnelinterposedbetween the hopperand said receptacle and projecting into them at itsends, means for securing said receptacle detachably to the frame, andmeans for rotating said receptacle, substantially as de scribed.

2. In a distributing mechanism for sanding-machines, the combination ofa suitable frame, a rotary box or chamber, means for supporting said boxor chamber in the frame,

a removable plug having its top or inner end of conical formconstituting the lower wall of said chamber, and discharge-nozzlesprojecting laterally from said box or chamber immediately above saidplug, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a vehicle-frame, a hopper arranged on said frameand having an opening in its bottom portion,the bottom walls of saidhopper beinginclined toward said opening, a pyramidal guard arrangedover said opening and spaced from said hopper at the sides thereof, arotary receptacle arranged in said frame under said opening and havinglateral discharge-openings, a shaft revoluble with said receptacle andprojecting up into said hopper, breakers carried by said shaft at spacedpoints substantially throughout the length of said shaft, and means forrotating said receptacle, substantially as described.

4:. The combination of a vehicle-frame, a hopper arranged on said frameand having an opening in its bottom portion, a rotary rcceptaclearranged in said frame under the opening of the hopper and havinglateral discharge-openings, a sleeve surmounting said receptacle, afunnel interposed between said sleeve and the hopper and projecting intosaid sleeve and the opening in said hopper, a shaft revoluble with saidreceptacle and projecting up into the hopper through said sleeve andfunnel, and laterally-projecting nozzles for said receptaclecommunicating with the openings therein, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this23d day of December, 1901.

CORNELIUS ONEIL.

Witnesses:

ROBERT J. POLLITT, ALFRED GARTNER.

